Logistics Unit Manager at Unilever

MAIN JOB PURPOSE: Manage the warehouse, inventory control, material handling, customer service, transportation and planning workers. Manage employee recruitment, training, coaching and development. Also manage performance and evaluate performance reviews.

JOB SUMMARY:

• Strategically plan and manage logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer services
• Direct, optimize and coordinate full order cycle
• Liaise and negotiate with suppliers and manufacturers
• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency
• Arrange warehouse, catalog goods, plan routes and process shipments
• Resolve any arising problems or complaints
• Supervise, coach and train warehouse workforce
• Meet cost, productivity, accuracy and timeliness targets
• Maintain metrics and analyze data to assess performance and implement improvements
• Inventory Control: Monthly Stock count (Pack, material and raw materials) and daily cycle counts
• People management
• Pallets Management & Budget control (Invoicing)
• WCM Logistics
• Bulk Management: Internal, External and Super group
• FG Transfer and Sign off
• Savings projects (Contribution to factory target) and Waste Management
• SAP, Ariba, MS Office
• Administrative duties

Additional:

• Ensure that Indirect costs are kept within budget, (R 85 million per annum) with 15% reduction (R12 Million/year)
• Manage outbound logistics of the site – DHL (+55 Heads)
• Improve material flow. Packaging, Raws and FG (R200 million). Days on Hand less than 48 days
• Improve Business Processes to attain world class status
• Improve SAP Utilization in the plant, implement world class practices
• Reduction of MUC and MUV Variances
• Implement WMS to accurately manage inventory on pallet level
• Ensure that all transporters & contractors have signed off SLAs
• Chair and support the cost governance process and meetings
• Support Khanyisa and Lords view on cost saving initiatives
• Lead the Customer Service & logistics Pillar to attain World Class Manufacturing standards
• Support waste reduction initiatives in plant
• Ensure that OTIF, DR and OR levels are managed at 97% levels at BBDC
• Reduce the waiting and loading time of trucks (Turn Around Time <1hrs)
• Ensure that stock recordings on daily production are done timeously
• Ensure that all planned production is according SO&P projection to achieve the budgeted recoveries
• Compile and report on monthly stock ageing reports
• Design, Implement and Manage Mass Balance Report to affect a loss deployment process
• Ensure that all Process Orders (Works Orders) are analysed weekly against the BOMs
• Reduce 3P costs by >2.5 % YOY
• Reduce Pallet Costs by > 2.5% YOY
• Assist in the formulation and proposal of CAPEXs
• Manage inventory at Zamani chemicals
• Resolve issues raised on DCIW so that supplier payments are done on time

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Grade 12/ Matric
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Logistics / Warehouse /Operations Management
• 3 – 5 years’ working experience in Production, Logistics, Warehouse, FMCG/ Manufacturing
• Liaise and negotiate with suppliers/ third parties, contractors and manufacturers
• Understand raw materials, processing, making and packaging
• Working knowledge and experience in production, supply chain, and planning
• Have excellent supervisory, coordination, organization, planning
• People management skills – leading and coordinating a team
• Manage multiple stakeholders and numerous improvement projects 
• Subject matter expert, provide guidance and support and hold others accountable
• SAP, Outlook, Excel, Word, working knowledge